The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-30
GEN ERAL NEWS.

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LIGHT rains.
BusNRss fair.
CLOUDY and cool.
RIVER still falling,
FIvK boats leaving today.
TIE Arkansas river is rising at Fort
Smith.
TIE Cumberland river 10 on q stand
at Nashville.
THs Tennessee river continues to
ise at Chattanooga.
The Commonw salth will pass here
today on her way to st. Lolis.
MAJ JOHN ID. ADAMS is In the city
looking after his steamboat interests.
CoNAoDoRR p. p. MAsIos is wreck
ing the steamer Ste. Genevieve at st.
Louie.
DURING the twenty. four hours end.
ing at noon yesterday the river here
fell four inches.
The Alberta No. 3 will arrive here
today, aud leave egain tomorrow even.
ipg for White river.
TuR City Of Providence, Capt. Oar.
velle, 10 the Anchor Line packet leav-
ing here at 10 o'clock this morning Tor
Vicksburg.
Cow KouSTs taa sold the steamer
ID ii. Rucker TO Capt. L. b. Sims, OF
this city. The Rucker 10 TO leave st.
Louis today for this port.
The James Lee, Capt. Claggett, leaves
here At 8 O'Clock this evening for Hell.
eba and Friars Point. William Ash.
ford, viii DArragh and Lee Oummins
are her clerks.
TBH Gsyoso arrived from Upton
vile with lis bales cotton, 10 bags
seed cotton and 1875 sacks cotton
eeed. She returned 10 the upper
coast with good tIip.
TmK Kate Adams, from Arkansas
City, brought 3l2 bales OF cotton, 2t9s
sacks Of cotton seed and Al packages
Of sundries. She went back again
last night with splendid trip.
The Coahoma, Capt. John Higgins,
| 10 the L,e Line packet leaving this
evening for Gold Dust, 0sceola and al
way points on the upper coast. VIM.
amitber, sidney Wheeler and Charley
Leilwich are her clerks.
THK 7. b. Sims IA expected 10 arrive
early this morning, and she will leave
here for 81. Louis Nc soon rs her cargo
Ia unloaded. She stops at all way
points. Capt. T. b. Sims commands,
with William Fitzgerald In the ofiice.
The viii 4. Hays, In command OF
Capt Horace Bxby, lef yesterday
evening for h.. Louis, with JEFF Hicks
and William Penny at tbs wheel. IL
10 said that the Hays will be placed In
the st. Louis and VicksburR trad !,
and that Capt. George Vickers will
command her.
TIE Annie p. Silver, on her seventh
day ont from New Orleans, passed 70
g.. Louis Yesterday morning with l00t
tons OF freight, and drawing ~ feet Z
water. She pat of here $50 tons o
miscellaneous freight. The Sllve
! grounded In the chute below the cit!
and lost four hours.
A SPECIAL from Cairo. says: Pump
lrg at the hull OF the X. 4. Hays did
no good, the bull refusing TO rise. The
river thieves, captured at Hickman,
KY, ard brought hefe, are wanted
very badly. o. their Bhanty boat was
i5und ;hiItCen coils OF two and three
inch lirCs that prove 10 have been
G,olen from the towblat Harry Brown,
al this por. A tug goes down altei
the plumber Ia the morning.
Tue Chicago Tibune II last week
says that Supervising Inspector Rob
insop, q BiGa'o, j. gstuiog himselI
strongly dleiked by II ing Hieamboa't
for trivia fences. There has been y
Law Tor ever 90 many years that pro-
tibta freight steamers from carving
passpnRers, but no government fli,6r
on the lakes hos ever In forced u Ia
tie s,T,c',tf a-nue. Owners OF height
s,eAmerb liyI bean In the habit nI
takirg cir ista les end |, " irlondi
for a plctCnrr zip once or twice dur.
ing IN um ue', but ~ no p9sage
money % c. fsfj, they TAD no idea
In doinyrU hey were violating any
law. l.sprCil5 Rob neon, however
compird ist IL steamers tNat had
carried penole Ot.Tr tEan theil
crews, and impo6uj hngs Il fb0i
against each. Captains who had aim
ply tlken their " ves alorg Tor q triJ
we're informed that II would cost then